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 Mad let us grant him them, and now remains
 That we find out the cause of this effect--
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 Mad let us grant him them, and now remains
 That we find out the cause of this effect--
  Or rather say, the cause of this defect,
   For this effect defective comes by cause.
    Thus it remains, and the remainder thus. 
 Hence, therefore, every leader to his charge;
 For, on their answer, will we set on them,
  And read more 
 Hence, therefore, every leader to his charge;
 For, on their answer, will we set on them,
  And God befriend us as our cause is just! 
Men are blind in their own cause.
Men are blind in their own cause.
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of read more
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly ;for one.
Respectable men and women content with good and easy living are missing someof the most important things in life. Unless read more
Respectable men and women content with good and easy living are missing someof the most important things in life. Unless you give ;yourself to some great cause you haven't even begun to live.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his read more
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, read more
It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that ;their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.